Re: Exxon and Oil Companies Thank You For Your Donations To Their Prosperity!

We should bury Tmmy and all Democrats in a pit so they can become oil for future generations

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, and for all the work they do and all the logistics they overcome
> they actually earn 7 cents on a gallon of gas or diesel while the
> Government earns 18.4 cents per gallon of gas and 24.4 cents per
> gallon of diesel... for doing nothing productive...
>
> If anyone is doing the profiteering you claim... it is Uncle Sam
>
>
>
> On May 1, 10:53 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Exxon and Oil Companies Thank You For Your Donations To Their Prosperity!
>>
>> Were you one of those folks paying over $4 a gallon this Spring? Well,
>> the folks at Exxon want to thank you because they reported $9.5
>> billion in profits. How did they spend it? Well ThinkProgres.org broke
>> it down for us and you will be thrilled to know that Americans have
>> been taken to the cleaners once again.
>>
>> The oil companies create a fake crisis to raise the prices at least
>> once a year. Then they clean up on the profits, pay less taxes than
>> you and I and figure out ways to make themselves richer while you
>> become poorer because of their gas prices. Here is what
>> ThinkProgress.org found out about Exxon's first quarter:
>>
>> $9.45 billion profits, or almost $104 million per day in the first
>> three months of the year.
>>
>> 13 percent: The tax rate Exxon paid last year, lower than the average
>> American family.
>>
>> 60 percent of its first quarter earnings, or $5.7 billion, on buying
>> back stock. Became world's largest dividend payer by increasing
>> dividends 21 percent.
>>
>> $1,091,000: Political contributions sent to federal politicians for
>> the 2012 election cycle, making it the largest oil and gas spender.
>>
>> 91% of these contributions went to Republicans.
>>
>> More than $52,000,000: Lobbying for the first three years of the Obama
>> presidency, 50 percent more than in the Bush Administration.
>>
>> $34.9 million: Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson's salary for 2011, a 20 percent raise.
>>
>> $52,300: Political contributions from Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson in the
>> 2012 cycle, alone.
>>
>> No. 2: Fortune 500 list of richest companies and for highest-paid CEO.
>>
>> Exxon not only used 60 percent of its Q1 profits to buy back its
>> stocks, enriching executives and largest shareholders, but it funnels
>> money through political groups like American Legislative Exchange
>> Council (ALEC) and American Petroleum Institute, to influence
>> legislation in its favor.
>>
>> More:http://www.davidmixner.com/2012/04/exxon-thank-you-for-your-donations...
>>
>> --
>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> Have a great day,
>> Tommy
>>
>> --
>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> Have a great day,
>> Tommy
>
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